by Benjamin Disraeli (Author), Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli (Author), Benjamin Disraeli (Author)

Henry Coningsby is the orphaned grandson of a wealthy Marquess. While at Eton he befriends Oswald whose father is an enemy of the Marquess. The older men represent old and new money is society. Coningsby begins to develop liberal political views, so his grandfather secretly disinherits him. Coningsby is then forced to work for a living.